Inside the ancestral tongue The nomination in Simone Martini's Terrestrial and Celestial Journey

Abstract

In Mario Luzi's extensive essay and poetic production, which spans over half a century in the literary history of Italy, the theoretical and pragmatic question of the nomination is a constant value, despite the varying positions taken, ranging from the Neoplatonism of the first works to the phenomenological opening present in the writings from the 90s. In 'Viaggio terrestre e celeste di Simone Martini', posing the problem of giving names to things is equivalent to approaching a representation of man and the world in the coexistence of physics and metaphysics, through the emblems of nature, the creature, the prayer, hope.